English Dictionary

Dixiecrat

名詞

アメリカ英語 古風 歴史的

(US politics, dated) A member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America from the southern States, especially one of the former territories of the Confederate States of America, who hold socially conservative viewpoints, and supports racial segregation and white power.

日本語の意味

ディキシークラット：アメリカ南部出身の（旧南部連合地域を含む）民主党員で、社会的保守主義を掲げ、人種隔離や白人優位を支持する者（米国政治用語、現代ではあまり用いられない表現）

A Dixiecrat senator delivered a speech defending racial segregation and states' rights.

人種隔離を支持する南部出身の民主党員は、人種隔離と州の権利を擁護する演説を行った。

意味（1）

(US politics, dated) A member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America from the southern States, especially one of the former territories of the Confederate States of America, who hold socially conservative viewpoints, and supports racial segregation and white power.

A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise.

意味（2）

(US politics, historical) A member of the short-lived States' Rights Democratic Party of the United States of America.

Throughout the controversy, most prominent southern leaders stayed within the Democratic Party. After the election, the Dixiecrat movement evaporated. The South's vocal dissent in 1948, however, forecast the sectional unrest of the following decades, weakened the region's loyalty to the Democratic Party, and prepared the way for future political realignment.

Dixiecrats （ plural ）